Semen Davidovich Aranovich

Aranovich, Semyon Davidovich (1934-1996), Russian film director, screenwriter. Born July 23, 1934 in the village Derazhiya Khmelnitsky region. (Ukraine). After graduating from Naval Academy served as a navigator, naval aviation. In 1965 he graduated from the Directing Department of State Institute of Cinematography (Documentary Directing Workshop R. Carmena), worked on the 'Lenkinohronike' and 'Lennauchfilm'. As documentary filmmaker, has been recognized by historical documentary "Time, . which is always with us "and" friend of Gorky - Andreeva "(Grand Prize of the International Film Festival in Leipzig, . 1967), . where the use of custom mounting options archival documents and voice-over text, . In the game film debut telefilm "The red suitcase (about Leonid Krasin) and in the future not just successfully worked on a television movie, . among which the most popular to enjoy the saga of the American trade union activists ( "Rafferty") and political detectives scenarios Semenova ( "Confrontation", . "Great Game"), . One of the best works Aranovich became the film "torpedo" (1983, based on the prose Y. Herman), where his experience of service in the Navy helped faithfully recreate realistic scenes from the life of a naval aviator during the war

. In the 1990's worked as a director in the genre kinopamfleta ( "I served in the protection of Stalin ..."), . artistic and journalistic film ( "Personal File of Anna Akhmatova"), . but his biggest success was ironic melodrama "The Year of the Dog" ( 'Silver Bear' Film Festival in Berlin, . 1994), . characters which were our contemporaries after the collapse of the USSR - 'odd' couple in love, . played and Ivan I. Chourikova Sklyar, .

Aranovich died in Germany, where he moved for permanent residence, in September 1996.